{"id":118384,"date":"2025-12-31T16:42:58","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T16:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/nduhungirehe-critiques-mukweges-hypocritical-condemnation"},"modified":"2025-12-31T17:34:31","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T17:34:31","slug":"nduhungirehe-critiques-mukweges-hypocritical-condemnation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/nduhungirehe-critiques-mukweges-hypocritical-condemnation","title":{"rendered":"Nduhungirehe Critiques Mukwege’s Hypocritical Condemnation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Olivier Nduhungirehe, has taken issue with recent partial condemnation statements by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Denis Mukwege, describing them as hypocritical and misleading following discriminatory remarks by the Congolese army spokesperson on Tutsi communities.<\/p>\n

Mukwege, a Congolese gynaecologist, had issued a statement condemning ethnic and gender-based discrimination in general terms, without calling out Maj Gen Sylvain Ekenge, who attacked Tutsi women on national TV on Saturday, December 27. Nduhungirehe said that Mukwege\u2019s remarks ignore the real threats facing Congolese Tutsi today.<\/p>\n

The minister said that Mukwege\u2019s failure to specifically condemn the daily persecution of the Banyamulenge in South Kivu province where he is based, coupled with his support for dialogue with the genocidal FDLR \u2014 a militia founded by remnants of perpetrators of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi and heirs of the extremist \u201cTen Commandments of the Hutu\u201d \u2014 exposes the selective and misleading nature of his statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is well known that when a person, who claims to condemn an act of hatred, nevertheless refuses to name the person or community that was the victim of this act, preferring to take refuge in a general and principled formulation… their condemnation is never sincere,\u201d Nduhungirehe wrote on X on Monday.<\/p>\n

Critics have long argued that Mukwege remains largely quiet on the repeated attacks against the Banyamulenge in Minembwe and South Kivu. While he publicly condemned alleged massacres in Kipupu back in 2020, inflating victim numbers, he ignored pleas from local communities and activists asking him to speak out against ongoing raids, rapes, and killings targeting Banyamulenge women and families for years. Observers say this selective attention highlights a pattern of partial condemnation, where the plight of the very communities most at risk receives little acknowledgement.<\/p>\n

The remarks made by Maj Gen Ekenge during a December 27 interview on DR Congo\u2019s state broadcaster RTNC revived narratives that were used in the lead-up to the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you marry a Tutsi woman, you have to be careful,\u201d Ekenge said, proceeding to spread conspiracy theories about Tutsi families and claims of racial superiority.<\/p>\n

Nduhungirehe said that instead of promoting calm during the festive season, Congolese authorities had taken \u201cthe opposite path,\u201d tolerating, and in some cases encouraging, speech that dehumanizes Congolese Tutsi, including the Banyamulenge, who face genocide, according to the United Nations’ genocide prevention office.<\/p>\n

Rwanda has repeatedly called on the United Nations and other international actors to address the rise of anti-Tutsi rhetoric and violence in DR Congo as warning of potential genocidal violence, which is driven by the Kinshasa-backed FDLR.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Rwanda. The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Olivier Nduhungirehe, has taken issue with recent partial condemnation statements by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Denis Mukwege, describing them as hypocritical and misleading following discriminatory remarks by the Congolese army spokesperson on Tutsi communities. 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